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Mel Kenyon (born April 15, 1933, in DeKalb, Illinois) is a former midget car driver. He is known as the "King of the Midgets", [ 1 ] "Miraculous Mel" [ 2 ] and "Champion of Midget Auto Racing." [ 3 ] The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America says "Many consider him to be midget car racing's greatest driver ever."
USAC sanctions several regional 360 c.i.d. non-wing sprint car series across the country. USAC's West Coast Sprint Car Series was launched in 2009 by Santa Maria Speedway promoter Chris Kearns, and joined forces with USAC in 2010. The West Coast series primarily races at tracks across California while also having special event races in Nevada.
It was his seventh USAC title (along with five USAC National Sprint Car titles) which tied him with Rich Vogler, A. J. Foyt, and Mel Kenyon for the most USAC open wheel titles. [2] Jones' co-owner Tony Stewart recorded his sixth Silver Crown title and co-owner Curb Agajanian Performance Group recorded its second. [3]
The 1969 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 24 races, beginning in Avondale, ... Mel Kenyon: 4 12 24 DNP 615 20 Joe Leonard: 6 19 20 21 27 DNS 5 19 600 21
Kenyon, fortunately, had seen Johncock coming and dropped back down into the cockpit of his race car. Johncock's car left a tire mark on the top of Kenyon's helmet. The only injury received by Kenyon was a small cut on his shin from the dash board being pushed down onto his legs. [ 25 ]
Some feel it was a "payback" gesture by USAC for Hurtubise's antics on bump day regarding his 'beer ... Mel Kenyon: 4 3:18.47 181.388 21 12 27 11:13 1 66 Mark Donohue:
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Wente won the USAC Indoor Midget championship in 1961. He won his first USAC National Midget championship in 1963 after finishing second for three straight years. Wente is second on the list of all-time USAC National Midget car winners behind Mel Kenyon .